On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Niek Bergboer wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:09:26PM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Niek Bergboer wrote:
> > > I've implemented a quick hack on the BSD ftp-client: in the original
> > > recv-file function data is read from a socket into a buffer,
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:43:29AM +0100, Bob Bishop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At 11:35 24/04/01 +0200, Niek Bergboer wrote:
> >[...]
> >In fact, I couldn't care less if the allocated blocks contain random
> >data (rather than zeros), since I'll be overwriting them immediately.
>
> You *should* care: the
Hi,
At 11:35 24/04/01 +0200, Niek Bergboer wrote:
>[...]
>In fact, I couldn't care less if the allocated blocks contain random
>data (rather than zeros), since I'll be overwriting them immediately.
You *should* care: the blocks are zeroed for security reasons.
--
Bob Bishop +44
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:09:26PM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Niek Bergboer wrote:
> > I've implemented a quick hack on the BSD ftp-client: in the original
> > recv-file function data is read from a socket into a buffer, which is
> > then written to a file. I've mmap-ed t
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Niek Bergboer wrote:
> I've implemented a quick hack on the BSD ftp-client: in the original
> recv-file function data is read from a socket into a buffer, which is
> then written to a file. I've mmap-ed the file, and rather than reading
> from the socket into the buffer, I r
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:54:26AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > PS: The tests were already done with the fs mounted async. The
> > drive in question communicates at UDMA/33 on a PIIX4 controller in
> > an AMD K6/2 233 system.
> It's funny, but you have the ideal system for an interesting
> o
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 08:01:20AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:47:48AM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote:
> > I do see both synchronous writes and asynchronous writes on my
> > filesystem (as reported by mount); what are these?
>
> The default mount is "nosync". synchronou
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:47:48AM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote:
> I do see both synchronous writes and asynchronous writes on my
> filesystem (as reported by mount); what are these?
The default mount is "nosync". synchronous metadata, asynchronous data.
Compare with the "async" and "sync" mount
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 07:52:03AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > Soft updates isn't an "async" or "sync" thing. It combines synchronous
> > and asynchronous transfers. If I'm not mistaken, all metadata is
> > synchronously written, and all data is asynchronously written.
>
> You're mistaken,
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 07:52:03AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> You're mistaken, what you're describing is the old
> non-async/non-softupdates way.
I do see both synchronous writes and asynchronous writes on my
filesystem (as reported by mount); what are these?
Is soft updates simply structu
* Andrew Hesford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010420 07:37] wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 03:20:29PM +0200, Niek Bergboer wrote:
> > Isn't it true that softupdates only work when filesystems are mounted
> > sync? Or does it also improve performance when filesystems are
> > mounted async?
>
> The othe
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 03:20:29PM +0200, Niek Bergboer wrote:
> Isn't it true that softupdates only work when filesystems are mounted
> sync? Or does it also improve performance when filesystems are
> mounted async?
The other guy was right; you really do need to wrap text at around 70
lines (I h
you really need to try harder to wrap lines properly.
* Niek Bergboer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010420 06:17] wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:54:26AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > * Niek Bergboer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010420 05:43] wrote:
> > > b.) Are there other newfs options that I can use
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:54:26AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Niek Bergboer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010420 05:43] wrote:
> > b.) Are there other newfs options that I can use to increase throughput?
> Have you tried softupdates?
Isn't it true that softupdates only work when filesystems are mo
ugh, dude, please wrap lines at 70 characters. :(
* Niek Bergboer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010420 05:43] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a machine connected to a 100 MBit/FDX network and I
> would like to store largish (~20 MB or bigger) files on it that
> are downloaded from the network over a dc card
Hello,
I've got a machine connected to a 100 MBit/FDX network and I would like to store
largish (~20 MB or bigger) files on it that are downloaded from the network over a dc
card. The only consideration here is speed since the files are all temporary. I'm
running FreeBSD 4.3-RC1.
The dc card
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